Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
June,  18S9. 
Notes  and  News. 
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interest  to  the  occasion  commercially  will  be  the  Second  International  Com- 
mercial Congress,  at  which  the  important  commercial  nations  of  the  world  will 
be  represented  by  specially  appointed  government  delegates.  Besides  these 
delegates  it  is  predicted  that  influential  business  men  will  come  as  representa- 
tives of  over  300  of  the  leading  foreign  Chambers  of  Commerce  of  Latin 
America,  South  Africa,  India,  Australia,  China,  Japan  and  other  countries. 
Every  facility  for  the  full  and  free  discussion  of  all  topics  of  interest  in  inter- 
national trade,  by  men  practically  interested  and  competent  to  consider  all 
phases,  will  be  afforded. 
The  undertaking  has  been  characterized  by  a  broad  and  liberal  spirit  and  has 
received  the  support  of  the  Congress  of  the  United  States,  the  Legislature  of 
Pennsylvania,  the  Councils  of  Philadelphia,  and  has  been  supported  and  en- 
dorsed by  trade  organizations  throughout  the  country. 
Regulations  to  Prevent  the  Spread  of  Bacterial  Diseases. — Gov- 
ernor Roosevelt,  of  New  York  State,  has  signed  the  bill  to  prevent  the  spread 
of  bacterial  diseases  and  permitting  witnesses  to  dispense  with  the  kissing  of 
the  Bible  in  the  administration  of  oaths.  It  is  very  satisfactory  to  note  that 
proper  sanitary  regulations  have  now  reached  even  the  police  courts,  where 
they  were  badly  needed.  For  a  long  time,  howTever,  many  of  the  magistrates 
have  not  used  the  Bible  in  the  Court  room,  or  have  warned  witnesses  against 
using  it,  and  great  credit  is  due  to  Magistrate  Pool,  who  inaugurated  the  move 
to  do  away  with  the  kissing  of  the  Bible  in  Court. — Scientific  American,  April 
29,  1899. 
An  Attack  on  Bacteriological  Investigation. — Not  long  ago  an 
attempt  was  made  by  the  Austrian  Legislature  to  suppress  bacteriological 
laboratories,  but  the  Minister  of  Public  Instruction  and  the  chief  of  the  sani- 
tary department  protested  against  such  suppression  in  the  interest  of  civili- 
zation, maintaining  that  all  that  is  needed  is  greater  care  in  the  management 
of  the  laboratories.  It  is  thought  that  the  recent  unfortunate  occurrence  of  the 
plague  in  Vienna  was  the  cause  which  excited  the  Legislature  to  assume  this 
attitude. — The  American  Practitioner  and  News. 
New  Hardy  Edible  Oranges. — Under  the  auspices  of  the  U.  S.  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture,  effort  is  being  made  to  produce  hardier  varieties  of 
the  orange  by  hybridizing  with  what  is  commonly  known  as  the  Hardy  Orange, 
Citrus  or  Limonia  trifoliata  (properly  Triphasia  Aurantiola).  Already,  about 
150  hybrids  have  been  secured  between  them. — Meehan's  Monthly  for  May. 
Plant  Food. — The  Supervising  Committee  of  the  Experiment  Farm,  at 
Southern  Pines,  N.  C,  have  just  issued  a  very  valuable  and  important  work  on 
"Plant  Food."  The  book  is  well  printed  and  handsomely  illustrated  with 
many  fine  pictures.  It  would  pay  cultivators  to  read  this  book,  which  we 
understand,  can  be  obtained  free  by  sending  to  the  Director,  Experiment 
Farm,  Southern  Pines,  N.  C. — Median's  Monthly,  May,  1899. 
The  Pasteur  Monument  at  LiLLE  was  unveiled  a  few  weeks  ago  by  the 
French  Minister  of  Agriculture,  M.  Viger,  with  due  ceremony.  The  monu- 
ment has  been  paid  for  by  public  subscription,  and  is  placed  011  the  Place  Philippe 
le  Bon,  at  Lille.  It  is  noteworthy  that  a  Pasteur  Institute  was  opened  at  the 
same  time. 
